Working with spirit [electronic resource] : experiencing izangoma healing in contemporary South Africa / Jo Thobeka Wreford.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Epistemologies of healing ; v. 3Publication details: New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.Description: xiii, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 610.968 22
LOC classification:
  • GR358 .W74 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Conversations in anthropological theory and method -- On the question of ancestors -- Biomedicine and izangoma sinyanga--fundamental misunderstandings and avoidable mistakes -- On "being called" (ukubiswa) -- Graduation (goduswa) and ancestral evidences -- What got into you? Ancestral en-trancement -- "Long-nosed" izangoma and relationship issues in the izangoma community -- Witchcraft and izangoma sinyanga in the time of AIDS.
Reviews from LibraryThing.com:
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10394105

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-249) and index.

Conversations in anthropological theory and method -- On the question of ancestors -- Biomedicine and izangoma sinyanga--fundamental misunderstandings and avoidable mistakes -- On "being called" (ukubiswa) -- Graduation (goduswa) and ancestral evidences -- What got into you? Ancestral en-trancement -- "Long-nosed" izangoma and relationship issues in the izangoma community -- Witchcraft and izangoma sinyanga in the time of AIDS.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.
© Strathmore University Library
Madaraka Estate, Ole Sangale Road | P. O. Box 59857 - 00200 City Square, Nairobi, Kenya
(+254) (0)703 034 000/200/300 | (+254) (0)20-607498